Kỳ thi OLYMPIC truyền thống 30-4 lần thứ XVII năm 2011 môn Tiếng Anh 10 - ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Mã A359084

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TP. HCM TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÊ HỒNG PHONG

KÌ THI OLYMPIC 30 THÁNG 4 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 10

LẦN XVII - 2011 _____________________________________________________________________________________

PART A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (60 POINTS).

I. PHONOLOGY (10 POINTS).

A. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

1. A. ecotourism B. olive C. omelet D. toddle 2. A. sidle B. thigh C. expertise D. umpire 3. A. chlorophyll B. chloride C. lichen D. chaperone 4. A. cursed B. ragged C. crooked D. accoutered 5. A. accredit B. salamander C. majesty D. saliva

B. Stress: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.

6. A. contribute B. tsunami C. tornado D. category 7. A. reservoir B. painstaking C. quinquina D. camera 8. A. gasometer B. agriculture C. nostalgic D. enthronement 9. A. introduce B. Japanese C. technological D. photography 10. A. European B. pneumonia C. Aborigine D. ingenuity

II. VOCABULARY & STRUCTURES (20 POINTS).

1. Linda is married _____ three children. A. to B. at C. with D. of 2. I am slow to _____.

A. express my opinion B. express my viewing C. make my views D. make my opinion 3. The car was parked directly _____ the diner.

A. before B. ahead of C. in front of D. preceding 4. It is already 3 o’clock. Can you _____ time to catch the bus? A. have enough B. have it in C. make in D. make it in 5. The burning stick was very hot. He let _____ just in time.

A. alone it B. go alone it C. go it D. go of it 6. Did you really pay $1,000 for that normal painting? I think you were _____.

A. robbed off B. ripped off C. turned off D. broken off 7. We saw _____ wild animals while on vacation.

A. quite a few B. quite much C. quite many D. quite some 8. “David is still somewhat new and inexperienced in the job. He’s a what you call “a _____”. Well give him

a few more weeks and I’m sure he’ll be Okay,” George said to one of his other colleagues. A. green eye B. greenhorn C. green finger D. new leaf 9. Are you shopping for _____ health club to join so you can get in shape?

A. a B. an C. the D. no article is needed 10. I love to do things for children because I get a _____ out of it. A. pass B. shoot C. kick D. move 11. Rowen _____ for joy when she heard that she’d won the first prize. A. came B. burst C. moved D. jumped 12. You won ten pounds on lottery. _____! A. Big thing B. Big deal C. Big D. Big job 13. She’d go to the ends of _____ to save her children.

A. the earth B. the house C. the life D. the world 14. He started talking about the cost of a new computer, which was a _____ herring because we’ve got

plenty of computers. A. blue B. red C. black D. green 15. When I first saw Pat, my heart _____ a beat. I knew he would be important to me. A. lost B. failed C. missed D. skipped

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16. She always _____ to great lengths to make us feel welcome. A. goes B. jumps C. enters D. flies 17. Janet will see you if you use the computer without permission. She has eyes like a _____. A. bird B. goose C. hawk D. fox 18. Go on. Tell me the gossips. I’m all _____. A. full B. head C. eyes D. ears 19. I _____ in to see Chris on my way home. A. joined B. dropped C. plugged D. put 20. You must be careful when you wash this _____ silk blouse. A. weak B. sensitive C. delicate D. feeble

III. READING COMPREHENSION (20 POINTS).

PASSAGE 1

Even before the turn of the century, movies began to develop in two major directions: the realistic and the formalistic. Realism and formalism are merely general, rather than absolute, terms. When used to suggest a tendency toward either polarity, such labels can be helpful, but in the end they are just labels. Few films are exclusively formalist in style, and fewer yet are completely realist. There is also an important difference realism and reality, although this distinction is often forgotten. Realism is a particular …